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  • Film poster for The American Revolution documentary, featuring a battle scene in solid blue over a Declaration of Independence backdrop.

    The American Revolution: Short Showing & Panel Discussion

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    Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS 39701, Columbus, MS, United States

    Join us at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library for a preview and panel discussion of The American Revolution, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country’s founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence. Drs. Jon Hooks (Mississippi University for Women) and Judith Ridner (Mississippi State University) will draw on their expertise to set […]

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  • An exhibit panel features photos of the Declaration of Independence, a poem by Phillis Wheatley, and a letter by John Adams.

    Opening of the Gilder Lehrman Institute Exhibit: What is Freedom?

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    Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS 39701, Columbus, MS, United States

    From January 5 - 30, stop by the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library to explore the "Freedom:  A History of US" exhibit from the Gilder Lehrmen Institute. The library is open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday and from  9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Since 1776, when the United States declared […]

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  • Photograph of President Abraham Lincoln framed as a postage stamp.

    Abraham Lincoln and America 250

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    Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS 39701, Columbus, MS, United States

    The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library welcomes Dr. Susannah Ural for a presentation on the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 6. Dr. Ural is the Frank and Virginia Williams Chair for Abraham Lincoln and Civil War Studies at Mississippi State University and Director of the Civil War and Reconstruction […]

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  • A black and white sketched portrait of Ida B. Wells is framed as a stamp.

    Ida B. Wells: The Mother of the American Human Rights Movement

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    Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS 39701, Columbus, MS, United States

    The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library welcomes Dr. C. Sade Turnipseed for a presentation on the life and legacy of Ida B. Wells at noon on Tuesday, January 27. Dr. Turnipseed is an Assistant Professor of History at Jackson State University and has spent much of her career highlighting Black history in the Delta, from her work […]

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  • Film poster for The American Revolution documentary, featuring a battle scene in solid blue over a Declaration of Independence backdrop.

    Film Screening: “In Order to Be Free”

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    Nissan Auditorium (Inside Parkinson Hall)

    Mississippi University for Women presents "In Order To be Free (1754-1775)," the first episode from the new Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution. ​This episode covers the period from May 1754 through May 1775, during which time political grievances and revolutionary ideas ferment. The growing tensions between the American colonists and the British government over […]

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  • Black and white drawing of Frederick Douglass in mid-life. He wears a double-breasted blazer with a large, open collar. Underneath is a black vest and wide tide nearly covering a white collared shirt. His left arm rests on the arm of a covered chair. His right fist is clenched and resting on his thigh.

    Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality exhibit

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    Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS 39701, Columbus, MS, United States

    The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System (CLPLS) is hosting the exhibit Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality from February 3-27, 2026. This exhibition, organized by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, features an exploration of the full trajectory of Douglass’s epic life from 1818 to 1895.  In this traveling exhibition, viewers can learn about Douglass’s escape from slavery, his […]

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  • Headshot of Dr. Daphne Chamberlin. She smiles with her head slightly tilted and wears a black and white plaid blazer and dons a pearl necklace and pearl hoop earings. Her should-length hair is styled in curly locs.

    The Emmett Till Generation: Youth Activism, Radical Protest, and Social Change in Jim Crow Mississippi

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    Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS 39701, Columbus, MS, United States

    Dr. Daphne Chamberlain will present The Emmett Till Generation: Youth Activism, Radical Protest, and Social Change in Jim Crow South on February 19 at 12 noon at the downtown branch of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System. This presentation highlights the role of children, between the ages of 7 and 18, as leaders and participants in the Mississippi […]

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  • Black and white drawing of Frederick Douglass in mid-life. He wears a double-breasted blazer with a large, open collar. Underneath is a black vest and wide tide nearly covering a white collared shirt. His left arm rests on the arm of a covered chair. His right fist is clenched and resting on his thigh.

    Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality exhibit

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    Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 314 7th St N, Columbus, MS 39701, Columbus, MS, United States

    The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System (CLPLS) is hosting the exhibit Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality from February 3-27, 2026. This exhibition, organized by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, features an exploration of the full trajectory of Douglass’s epic life from 1818 to 1895.  In this traveling exhibition, viewers can learn about Douglass’s escape from slavery, his […]

    Free